After pulling the trigger to commit suicide, Dave Miller finds that time has stopped for nearly the whole world. Only Dave, a dog, and Dr. Erickson remain animate—which would be a time stoppage story instead of time travel story except for that possible small jump at the end when the trio figure out how to break the spell.
The only way for us to try to get the machine working and topple ourselves one way or the other. If we fall back, we will all live. If we fall into the present—we may die.

Variants

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  1. “The Day Time Stopped” by Bradner Buckner, in Amazing, October 1940.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Bradner Buckner